B29C 45/42
Using means movable from outside the mould between mould parts
Official title: using means movable from outside the mould between mould parts {, e.g. robots}
B29C45/42 (Using means movable from outside the mould between mould parts) appears on 345 US grants and 308 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 345
- Published applications
- 308
- Assignees
- 188
- Inventors
- 610
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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| 2024 | 16 | 18 |
| 2025 | 15 | 13 |
| 2026 | 5 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29C 45/4225Take-off members or carriers for the moulded articles122
- B29C 2045/425Single device for unloading moulded articles and loading inserts into the mouldIndexing code28
- B29C 2045/4266Robot grippers movable along three orthogonal axesIndexing code28
- B29C 45/4208And driven by the movable mould part19
- B29C 2045/4241Auxiliary means for removing moulded articles from the robotIndexing code10
- B29C 2045/4275Related movements between the robot gripper and the movable mould or ejectorIndexing code10
- B29C 2045/4283Means for coupling robots to the injection moulding machineIndexing code9
- B29C 2045/4258Article removing means movable into a closed mouldIndexing code0
Recent patents
- Closures with tamper evidence21 Apr 2026US 12,606,352 B2Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Closures with tamper evidence31 Mar 2026US 12,589,917 B2Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Injection molding system24 Mar 2026US 12,583,163 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Closures with tamper evidence10 Mar 2026US 12,570,441 B2Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Vario-tip system10 Feb 2026US 12,545,464 B2Waldorf Technik GmbH & Co. KG
- Molding system having a vision system and a method for optically inspecting molded articles27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249533 A1Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Airbag box injection molding system16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200146 A1Do Lim Industry Co., Ltd.
- Resin molding apparatus and method for producing resin molded product16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200149 A1Towa Corporation
- Closures with tamper evidence25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176029 A1Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Closures with tamper evidence18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167389 A1Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Unloading and assembly system and process for injection molding apparatus58US 5,037,597 AHusky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. · 1991
- Injection molding device and method for manufacturing a foil decorated molding52US 4,994,224 ANissha Printing Co., Ltd. · 1991
- Apparatus for manufacturing plastic bottles from molded hollow preforms50US 4,592,719 ASociete de Machines pour la Transformation des Plastiques · 1986
- Picker47US 4,005,782 AEngineered Metal Products Company, Inc. · 1977
- Turret-type injection-molding machine47US 4,330,257 AHusky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. · 1982